A giant has fallen..., Bruce Anderson passed away during the night last night... Options

[ConeDodger]

Bruce Anderson of excellence magazine passed away last night. He had been quite ill and hospitalized for most of the last year... He had been on a ventilator and had an amputation but of late, he had been doing better. Bruce did the valuation article we all used to wait for every year. God speed Bruce... You will be missed.

[Tom_T]

Too bad. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

That explains why Excellence went away from the buyers guide, and why the 2012 book had so many errors on the 914 section - maybe others too, but I'm not well enough versed on others to say. Even the latest article "3 under $15,000" had the Cayenne info box improperly titled, as with many of their editorial checking on articles over the last year having slipped.

Hopefully they'll get quality replacements at ED & Bruce's expertise, & bring back real quality buyers guide articles every month & in annual book format.

God speed!

[naro914]

RIP Bruce.
He was always such a nice guy and wealth of knowledge to anyone who asked. He will surely be missed....

That explains why Excellence went away from the buyers guide,
Hopefully they'll get quality replacements at ED & Bruce's expertise, & bring back real quality buyers guide articles every month & in annual book format.

Actually, eliminating the Buyers Guide was a decision by the Magazine and had nothing to do with Bruce's health. The number 1 - by a long shot - section that the editor Pete Stout got complaints about was the pricing in the Buyers Guide. He said it was BY FAR the biggest headache they had. (people complained that the prices were too high, too low, didn't account for this or that, etc...) Plus, now with so many other outlets to find valuation, what real value was it?

I think the annual book is all they'll be doing, not the monthly stuff ever again.

BTW, most of you know that Pete is no longer with Excellence, right?

[ArtechnikA]

RIP Bruce.
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BTW, most of you know that Pete is no longer with Excellence, right?

I learned just yesterday Pete had replaced Betty Jo Turner as editor of Porsche Panorama
I haven't looked at the Excellence masthead to see who's at the top there.

I was loosely affiliated with the Dick Barbour 1979 Le Mans effort (with a side trip to the Nurburgring) and spent some time with Bruce Anderson and Jerry Woods.

I got Bruce to come speak at the 2002 West Coast Wramble in Reno for a tech session. And I attended one of their famous 911 Engine Rebuild Classes. The signed copies of his books will be treasured forever.

Bruce and John both in close succession - it's a lot to take in.
Ain't none of us getting any younger...